scene vs background

scene and background both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scene	Yes	No	No	No
background	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, background is a hyponym of scene; that is, background is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scene:

scene: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
background: scenery hung at back of stage

Other hyponyms of scene include backcloth, backdrop, flat, masking, masking piece, set piece.

As nouns, background is a hyponym of scene; that is, background is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scene:

scene: the visual percept of a region
background: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

Other hyponyms of scene include ground, coast, exposure, foreground, glimpse, middle distance, side view, tableau.

scene (noun)	background (noun)
the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale	scenery hung at back of stage
graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
the visual percept of a region	a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
a subdivision of an act of a play or performance	the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film	information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
an incident (real or imaginary)	extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
the place where some action occurs	relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
the context and environment in which something is set	the state of the environment in which a situation exists
a situation treated as an observable object
a display of bad temper

scene (verb)	background (verb)
	understate the importance or quality of